For All Mankind (2019)
The fight for freedom lies beyond the stars.
Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 1 November 2019 |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Genre | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, War & Politics |
| Created by | Matt Wolpert, Ronald D. Moore and Ben Nedivi |
| Starring | Toby Kebbell, Mireille Enos and Edi Gathegi |
| Seasons | 5 seasons, 50 episodes |
| Episode length | about 62 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 52 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | Q123434360 6.8/10 · AlloCiné 4,2/5 · Q833424 8.9/10 · Filmstarts 3,7/5 · Rotten Tomatoes 93/100 · IMDb 8.1/10 · TMDB users 7.7/10 |
Where to watch For All Mankind
For All Mankind is streaming on Apple TV+ ($12.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Max ($18.49 a month). At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 2 months of Apple TV+, or $25.98 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
For All Mankind asks a simple question: what if we never lost interest? It is 52 hours of alternate history where the space race never ended, just changed shape. Each season jumps a decade, so the pace is quick and the stakes keep rising. It is a show about the sheer, exhausting joy of building things that work.
What the critics said
Critics warmed up to the premise. Rotten Tomatoes lists season 1 at 75%, while Metacritic scores it 65, a "generally favorable" verdict that felt cautious. The consensus noted the show "falls somewhere in orbit," a metaphor that aged well. Later seasons climbed. Season 3 hits 94% on Tomatoes and 84 on Metacritic. Season 4 reaches 100% and 83. Season 5 lands at 90% and 83. The scores rise, then plateau, which is a common pattern for long-running sagas. It suggests the universe held together, even if the trajectory leveled off.
How it did with audiences
No box office figures are on record, so the money story is a blank page. The reception lives in the scores instead. TMDB users rate it 7.7, while IMDb has it at 8.1/10 as of March 2024. Audiences seem to prefer the slightly higher mark.
What came next for the cast
Joel Kinnaman moved from Suicide Squad and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo into The Suicide Squad, Silent Night, and Sympathy for the Devil. Wrenn Schmidt left 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi and Person of Interest behind for Nope and Nuremberg. Coral Peña stepped out of The Post and Carrie Pilby toward Chemical Hearts and Thelma. Cynthy Wu went from Kong: Skull Island and Before I Fall to Holidate. The credits show the paths, not the cause.
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Sources
- For All Mankind on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q54958409 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “For All Mankind (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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